HOLLAND — A willingness to work with a military contractor on product development and to add in-house capabilities helped a Holland-based medical device manufacturer secure a three-year deal to supply bandages to the U.S. Army.

Dorothy Graham, the keynote speaker for the 2013 Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference, is a rock star for many in the tech world. A world renowned expert on software, Graham appears at the conference on April 29 at Calvin College to discuss intelligent mistakes in software testing industry and how to avoid them.

Businesses and government agencies need to be prepared to deal with the latest cybersecurity issues as well as threats related to natural disasters and crime. That’s the reason government and business professionals are expected to attend the 2013 Great Lakes Homeland Security Training Conference & Expo this month.

Companies able to develop a medical device from concept design to manufacturing and even delivery may be a rarity in Michigan, but that’s exactly how industry experts position the Kalamazoo-based Keystone Solutions Group.